Yannis Ritsos – Poems, Volume I

Disorientation

In the summer the trees won us Some people went down to the

sea

others climbed up the mountains During the day the thorns

shine golden

amid the marbles The young waiters with blond moustaches

who work for the two seashore restaurants wear red armbands

During the night the ambulance arrives very late

The crowd gathers around it as though to discover someone

they know among the injured The youngest wears

a snow white shirt and a gold buckle on his belt And as soon as

the stretchers by the lampposts disappear music recommences

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